New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-14
ne soLD 7HE STOCK oFBoGrS COMPANIES
now GUoEGE HAYWOOD CARPENTER RAISED MONEY
ILLS NrLAIION, WIN FOsItR HLACk.

now GEORGE HAYWOOD CARPENTER RAISED MONEY
his RELATIONS Win foSrtR BLACK.
The principal difference between the brace OF recently
uncovered .wlnlling nnanclcr-. Lntmcr T. Jones and
George Haywood Carpenter, IL that Jones Is In Jail at
Goshen while Carpenter Is still at large. alt ous In
spector Byrnes has ha his detectives looking for him
since last Monday. The methods OF these two rascals
were similar They cach operated with tho worthless
stock OF companies whose business and assets existed
only on paper; each depended upon his winning ways
and Glib tongue TO deceive and lu suspicion In his
victims. anl each rcsorcd to bold forgery wnen money
did not come ia iast enough through less dangerous
schemes
Foster Black the latest sufferer by Carpenters frauds,
was much disguised last night 10 hnd that Carpenter
was yet arrested Mr. Black the senior member OF
the firm OF Foster Black Co., brokers in knit goods,
who sold by sample the manufactures OF Carpenters
Brookside knitting Company, located at Troy When
Carpenter. wclldcveloDed AMI preposscssng man OF
twcntysc approached Mr. Black eight months ago.
lie told him that he graduate or Princeton ana was
largely interested the operations OF the Paper stock
Dsinfccant Company the Blackman Dsinfectant Com
pany the washburn sacylica Manufacturing Company,
and other which, he declared. were In highly
prosperous state and that he president Of the knit
ting company at Troy but he failed 10 mention to Mr.
Black that he had swindel H. A. Brown, OF Catskll hy
giving him stock In one of his worthless companies Tor
a stock of boots an shoes, and then hat succeeded In
defrauding Browns brother inlaw, j. L. Conklng. by
giving him <I,OOD or tue same klll ol securities
valuable house in St Louis on which Carpenter At once
raised $4,000 by mOrtgaging It.
Carpenter told Black that he nephew Of the late
Senator Carpenter. OF Wisconsin, but he did not tell him
that he had got possession Of fine country place near
Poughkccpso by transferring sacyca stocE Tor H. ana
able TO realize $1,000 cash by giving mortgage
on il. CARPENTER said that he had studied law Win
Swayne & Dillon: that his father was clergyman III
ONO and that DR. kynctt. OF the Methodist Book Con
OF Philadelphia his uncle; but he dli not say
that he had swndlcd cassmate OF h- IN the class otst
at Princeton, named H. stokes. out or Toooo ana had
been guilty many othcr acts that ought to nave sent
MOI knowing tie shady side of Mr. Carpenter history;
Mr. Black bcgay selling 10 his customers Tue products OF
Carpenters Troy knitting mill. Mr. BLACK s9Ih ny
sample and .cnt hi, orders Ia Carpenter and when
Carpenter brought the shipping receipts showing tht
had the customers direct IRON tho
miIl Black paid casa on them. II Ts no, peV sr % s
Black that any OF these shipping receipts were @
but when he found out that his customers had not 70,
ceved large proportion Of the goods which the receipts
represented he caused Investigation to be made The
result the discovery that number OF The shipping
receipts Black had paid Carpenter $500 nal
been forged When confronted with the facts Carpenter
pretended be greatly amazed nnd declared that therc
must bo mistake somewhere. so great was 'iIpehters
influence over the superne hent OF his mill at Troy one
A. Mallory, tnat he prevailed upon MN to confess n
the forcrics Black caused the arrest of Mallory when
the OF matter that Carpenter was the guilty party
pearci The amount OF hts swindng operations 50 far
discovered appears to he about eGoOOo
PRINCETON, Nov. ~ t>pocidb. -Gcorge H. Carpenter
was graduated from Princeton In lssi and WAS one Of
the most popular men in his class. lie maintained a
high stand during his course, and WAS especially well
advanced departments Of literature and OF phios
opny In latter study he became one OF the fav0rlte
pupils Of President Me- os lie was recognized as one
of the best speakers. and was prominent member OF
the college literary societies During the memor-
able protest OF the students against the socaed opres
OF tue Princeton Faculty In ho spring "r ISL nc
was OF the stanchrst advocates 0t peace ana IL
largely due his efforts thar the breach between
the Faculty and the students was happily menieI ,h in
his senior year he becanc the managing editor OF ire
Irinfefond, and at the Commencement exercises do-
live red an honorary Grafton